Wareham man charged with sixth drunken driving offense

Thursday

QUINCY — A Wareham man was charged with his sixth offense of drunken driving after police pulled him over and arrested him in Braintree.

Stephen Boardman, 55, was arraigned in Quincy District Court on Wednesday and released on $2,500 bail. He is due back Jan. 25.

Braintree police said an officer first noticed Boardman sitting in his truck with the engine running in an empty parking lot on Granite Street shortly after midnight on Wednesday, according to a police report filed in court. When he noticed the officer, police said Boardman pulled out of the lot with the truck's bumper dragging on the ground and dirt falling out of the vehicle.

The Braintree officer said that when he pulled the truck over he found that Boardman smelled of alcohol and was covered in glass from a broken driver-side window. Police said that Boardman was slurring his words and only responded to the officer after questions were asked multiple times.